Might & Right9/9/2009 9:40:26 AMAs my readers know, I can't get those wars in the Middle East off my mind. One thing is I have an idea as to how much suffering is being inflicted on both sides. I suppose only the literal Hell is worse than war. But, now I'm gonna mention push coming to shove.

I love my country very much and, truly, if push ever does come to shove in this world for resources such as oil, then even I (one of your favorite writers) would condone a little invasion here or there. Survival is what we're talking about. Is that what the generals told Mr. Bush some 6 years ago? Maybe it is or maybe it isn't. Still, I don't think things quite got to that point. Invasions could have been put off. As they were in the past, one friend reminded me. Maybe Saddam was bad but was he any worse than Castro? Or the N. Korean prez? Or your average neighborhood wife beater or child abuser?

We don't invade (and haven't) Cuba or N. Korea or Mongolia or Tibet cause all these guys don't have any oil. Just fish, sugar cane, cotton & pigs, perhaps.

So, in the end, if it's a forgiving God that we have, and Scripture says as much, He'll forgive us for our hastily-assembled invasions just as He does for those extra pounds we keep putting on (more about that later).

Still, it's strange the Prez spends all this time on the healthcare reform (which most people agree is certainly needed) and not getting our misplaced troops home when he himself is descended from a people mightily oppressed for centuries by colonizers, some who appeared out of the blue under the guise of foreign invaders. Or am I plain nuts?